A new year brings opportunities for many enjoyable shows and movies, with manyhighly anticipated blockbusters in 2025. While fans are eager for new films, it is best not to forget 2024 and the many movies from that year. 2024 had many phenomenal films, many of which the Oscars will soon highlight. However, 2024 also had many horrible movies that fans hated or controversial films likeEmilia Perez.
While it is best to move on from bad movies, sometimes they stick in viewers' memories because of how terrible they are. These ten movies prove to be so bad and hated by fans that no one should forget them. This list will rank the most hated/ bad films based on theirquality, acting, critical response, fan outrage, box office, and anticipation compared to reviews. All fans can hope for is that 2025 won’t have movies this bad because 2024 had a lot of disappointments.
11’Kraven the Hunter' (2024)
Directed by J.C. Chandor
Sony’s Spider-Man universe was an interesting experiment, focusing on some of the most intriguing villains. They released three movies in 2024, withKraven the Hunterbeing the last. The film follows the titular anti-hero, who becomes a fabled hunter of the criminal underworld after a rough childhood and exposure to lion blood. He must get his hands dirty by fighting new powerful threats to protect what he loves.
Kraven is a beloved Spider-Man villain, making it all the more disappointing at this movie’s failure. While it did have some entertaining fight scenes, the movie as a whole isboring, with uninteresting characters and out-of-date CGI. No one expected the film to be fantastic, but the end result is one of the year’s worst movies, causing widespread outrage. What’s more,Kravenofficially ended Sony’s Spider-Man universeas the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
Kraven the Hunter
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10’Emilia Pérez'
Directed by Jacques Audiard
This is perhaps the most divisive movie of 2024, but unlike the other polarizing movies of this year (like, say,Nosferatu), the tenor among many audience members (and, indeed, critics) has reached such a tenor thatEmila Pérezcan comfortably be called “hated.“Jacques Audiard’s Golden Globe-winning kinetic musical is about a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) given the opportunity to aid a cartel boss (Karla Sofía Gascón) aiming to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Emilia Pérezundeniably gets points for boldness, and the ensemble cast has been lauded. Many have aggressively criticized the film, though, for many reasons, includingunderwhelming musical elements, characterization that reinforces stereotypes, and flat-out bad writing.Frankly, any Best Picture Oscar talk seems ridiculous in light of other great, far more widely liked eligible films.
Emilia Perez
Emilia Pérez follows Rita, an underestimated lawyer working at a prominent law firm focused on freeing criminals rather than pursuing justice. She is recruited by the leader of a criminal organization, prompting a complex journey that challenges her principles as she navigates the morally ambiguous world of her new employer.
9’Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver' (2024)
Directed by Zack Snyder
Rebel Mooncame to be after Disney rejectedZack Snyder’sStar Warspitch, which he reworked into an original movie and made with Netflix. After the events of the first film, with a rebel scouting soldiers to fight against the tyrannical rule,Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiveris the ultimate fight where they work together with farmers to protect their planet.
The only reason this film isn’t higher on this list is because of a dedicated Snyder fandom that praises everything he is part of. This isn’t the director’s cut, which slightly improved the film, but the original second movie. While the film had some good action and might be entertaining if fans switch their brain off,Rebel Moon Part Twois a disappointing sequelwith a nonsensical plot and too much slow-motion, which ruins a new franchise that had some potential.
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
8’Y2K' (2024)
Directed by Kyle Mooney
Many viewers may remember the Year 2000 Problem, a potential programming bug that would bring about a technological apocalypse, causing people to stock up on materials. Fortunately, the crisis didn’t materialize, but the movieY2Kimagines what would happen if the problem was real. The movie follows a group of teenagers fighting against machines who come to life in a technological apocalypse.
Y2Kisn’t a bad movieby any standards. Sure, it isn’t great, but it is a fun movie with incredible characters that would have been much better if they had fully utilized the intriguing premise. However, a large group of fans hateRachel Zegler, which causes outrage towardY2K. Unfortunately, this unwarranted hatred of a single actress makesY2Kone of the most hated movies of 2024, even if it isn’t that bad.
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7’AfrAId' (2024)
Directed by Chris Weitz
The AI craze recently blew up, with artificial intelligence able to make life-like videos and scour the internet to create realistic art, writing and more. However, this warrants a lot of hesitation and fear from the public, with the movieAfrAIdcashing in on that fear, delivering a horror movie centered around AI. A family tests a revolutionary AI device for homes, with the system learning everything about them to satisfy their needs, but quickly turns the house into a prison.
This premise isn’t unique, but it is a simple cash grab to draw in an audience because of growing fears. Many fans hate this aspect,feeling like a cheap gimmickthat doesn’t add any commentary. What’s worse is that the horror became a jumbled mess with too many storylines and unbelievable scares, creating ahilariously bad movie of 2024that fans will probably find more funny than scary.
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6’Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate' (2024)
Directed by Eric Fogel
Everyone remembersMegamind, the classic animated film with a brilliant cast, endearing characters, and a heartwarming story. However, many don’t know about the recent sequelMegamind vs. The Doom Syndicate. With the return of Megamind’s old villain group, he must keep up appearances and quietly sabotage their plans while he waits for his friends to assemble and help stop the villains' dastardly plans.
Megamindis a classic and beloved animated movie, making this messy sequel a despised follow-up that no one wanted. The animation somehow got worse, most of the original cast didn’t return, the story was lacking, it felt like a cheap cash grab, and it went straight to video, all signs of a horrible movie.Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicatemay be the worst movie of the year, but it isn’t higher up on this list becausebarely anyone heard of it to be able to hate it.
Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate
5’Uglies' (2024)
Directed by McG
Based onScott Westerfeld’s novel of the same name,Ugliesis set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic world where social standing is decided based on attractiveness. People are considered ugly until the age of 16 when they undergo rigorous and extensive plastic surgery in order to become pretty. Tally (Joey King) loses her bond with a former friend and learns about a land of freedom, starting her journey of rebellion.
There are many reasons to hateUglies, including theunconvincing acting, bizarre story changes, distracting CGI, and outdated messages. The movie does a disservice to the novel by changing key moments and essential traits and making decisions that ruin the writing and arcs of important characters.No movie is uglier thanUglies, with the overuse of visual effects ruining a movie that killed the novel’s social commentary.
4’The Crow' (2024)
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Many fans rememberThe Crowin 1994 withBrandon Lee, one of the best non-Marvel or DC superhero movies. 2024 saw a reboot for the film, bringing it into the modern era. After the brutal murder of two soul mates, Eric Draven (Bill Skarsgård) sacrifices himself to become the Crow. He goes on a revenge-fueled bloody murder spree, avenging her death by killing people in the world of the living and dead.
The movie is absolutely horrible, but most people hate it because of how it ruins the original. It tries to modernize the formula but only createsa pandering, edgy mess that misses the mark and target audience.The Crowwas a horrible R-rated superhero filmand didn’t honor the original or make any nostalgic references. It also failed at being something new, stuck in mediocrity, providing fans with a messy and pointless reboot that nobody wanted.
3’Borderlands' (2024)
Directed by Eli Roth
Borderlandsis a popular video game series known for its wacky characters and looter shooter gameplay. With many entries and an upcoming fourth game, they decided to make a movie to capitalize on its success. The movie follows a bounty hunter and a ragtag group of misfits who reluctantly work together to find the missing daughter of the wealthiest man in the world, causing chaos everywhere they go.
Video game adaptations have never been great, except forSonic the HedgehogandThe Last of Us, butBorderlandsbrings the medium down. The film was a major letdown and a disgrace to the source material, making classless humor, uninspired action, a lazy plot, and dreadful visual effects.Borderlandswas a box-office disasterwith little going in favor of the movie, with every fan hating this dull adaptation.
Borderlands
2’Madame Web' (2024)
Directed by S.J. Clarkson
This list mentionedKraven the Hunterearlier, butMadame Webis another Sony Spider-Man villain movie in 2024. This film depicts the wise character’s origin story as a nurse who develops clairvoyant powers. This forces her to confront her dark past and learn the truth, all while protecting three women who are developing similar powers from Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim), a villain set on killing them before they take him down in the future.
After multiple disappointing movies,no one expectedMadame Webto be good, but it was worse than anyone could imagine. The writing was laughable, with cringy dialogue and a jumbled plot that made no sense. With an unlikeable protagonist, a boring villain, and pointless side characters, the film had nothing going for it. Worse of all,it downplays Spider-Man’s importance, creating a movie that is so bad that it’s almost good.
